Vintage typewriters for sale
Am I too late for Santa? Vintage Typewriter Shoppe
Retro
Making your own camera film
Dale tweets: Analog Award! A machine for making your own film for a camera. It’s a beautiful machine, too DIY Film
“Radio Hams” in old cinema
This neat video about “Radio Hams” from 1939 has recently been circulating on the ham email lists. It’s neat to see the excitement and sense of adventure that people had for hacks or “kinks” as they called it way back when…
Awesome wasp junk art
I have seen lots of junk sculptures in my time, but few if any have impressed me as much as this one by artist S. Allen which, as of this morning, was available for sale at Seattle’s Great Stuff boutique. And since it’s reportedly priced at $4,500 US, it probably still is. [via Boing Boing]
iVictrola iPhone acoustic amplifier
There have been a few acoustic amplifiers designed for the iPhone. The iVictrola from maker Matt Richmond has to be the coolest so far.
Old school bluetooth handset
Maker Jarek Lupinski recently came across some older phones his school was recycling and decided to build this utilitarian bluetooth handset using an old bluetooth headset and some chunky buttons.
Modern Victorian home restoration
Over at Steampunk Workshop, Jake pays a visit to the home of Bruce and Melanie Rosenbaum, in Sharon, Mass. Bruce and Melanie run ModVic, a Victorian home restoration company. They’ve also embraced the steampunk aesthetic and do steampunk mods, as they’ve done in their own amazing home, seen here. A Visit to a Steampunked Home
